Donalsonville Municipal Airport (K17J) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:15 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KBGE), K17J has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 090° at 11 knots gusting 19, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Donalsonville Municipal Airport in Donalsonville, GA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KBGE): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Donalsonville Municipal Airport (K17J) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Donalsonville, GA at a field elevation of 147 ft. K17J has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KBGE, about 13 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (01/19), the longest 5,512 ft. Automated weather is broadcast on 133.525.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KBGE, 12.5 nm away.
Wind from the east (090°) at 11 kt, gusting 19 kt, visibility visibility not reported, no cloud data, temperature 27°C (80°F), altimeter 30.15 inHg.
METAR KBGE 281915Z AUTO 09011G19KT CLR 27/08 A3015 RMK AO2 PWINO T02690080
Current pilot readout for K17J
Based on the nearest station (KBGE), K17J has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 090° at 11 knots gusting 19, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 1,350 ft (field elevation 147 ft). K17J does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KDHN, about 35 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01FAV | 5,512 ft | ASP | 0 kt head | 11 kt right (g19) |
| 19 | 5,512 ft | ASP | 0 kt head | 11 kt left (g19) |
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K17J runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 01/195,512 × 100 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K17JWind
- 01
- 0 kt headwind · 11 kt crosswind from right
- 19
- 0 kt headwind · 11 kt crosswind from left
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
K17J weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of K17J
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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CXU UA /OV PZD179031 /TM 1759 /FL350 /TP A21N /SK SKC /TA M47 /WV 27038KT /RM PRODUCED BY SKYPATH
CXU UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV PZD179031Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1759Reported at 17:59 UTC.FL350Altitude: 35,000 ft MSL.TP A21NAircraft type reporting.SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.TA M47Outside air temperature, °C.WV 27038KTWind (direction/speed) or wind-shear remarks.RM PRODUCED BY SKYPATHRemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at K17J
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
History is still being collected. Check back in a few days.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 01
- 79%
- 19
- 21%
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Live crosswind meter
K17J's AWOS-3PT isn't in the national weather feed, so the wind comes from KBGE, 13 nm away.
Wind is 88° off runway 01, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 01/19 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL
- Attended
- Daily 0800-1700 local
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs · Hangars
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 17J
- City
- Donalsonville
- State
- Georgia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 147 ft
- Coordinates
- 31.0069, -84.8776
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 5,512 ft
- Weather reporting
- On-field AWOS-3PT, not in the national feed (using KBGE)
- TAF
- Nearest KDHN
- AWOS/ASOS
- 133.525 MHz
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 25m
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Pilot PIREPs for Donalsonville Municipal Airport (K17J)
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